Improvement in water-supply attachments to wash-basins



F. NORBOE.

Improvement in Water Supply Attachmente to Wash-Basins. l No. 116086.

Patented .lune 20,1871.

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mento -Ulvrrnn STATES YPATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK NORBOE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,086, cla-ted June20, 1871.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK NoRBon, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Water-Supply Attachments to Wash-Basins and Water-Closets; and I dohereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enalolev others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in Which-Figure l is' a side elevation of an ordinary wash-basin with myimprovement attached thereto, a portion of which is cut through thecenter, showing its interior position 5 and Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse central section of the same, showing those parts which are atthe left-hand of the\line w .fr drawn across Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severaliigures of the drawing.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment to wash-basinsand water-closets, by the use of which the required supply of water maybe readily supplied to and discharged from the bowl; and to this end itconsists in a reservoir or supply-pipe communicating with the bowl, andto which the pipe from the hydrant or other water-supply is connected;also, in providing said pipe with a double-actin g faucet, so arrangedas to allow the water from the hydrant to enter said reservoir orsupplypipe through the same when closed, or when opened to cut oil' thesupply of water from the hydrant and allow the water contained withinthe reservoir or .supply-pipe to enter the bowl; and also, in thedetailed construction of the valve employedwithin the discharge-pipeofthe bowl, whereby the water may be retained or discharged.

In the drawing,A is the case or frame, within which the bowl Al issecured. Afxed to the rear side of said case, near the lower surface ofthe bowl, is a pipe, B, which communicates with the hydrant or othermain water-supply in the ordinary manner. The end of said pipe, near thecase, is bent upward vertically, and is so arranged as to extendabovethebowl, as shown at D, thus forming a reservoir, C, into which thewater from the hydrant passes. Firmly secured to said pipe, andcommunicating with the same at a point near the reservoir, is a pipe, E,which is bent upward in a suitable lnanner to pass through the side ofthe bowl near its upper edge. The said pipes are provided, near theirintersection point, with a vertical cylinder, F, the cavity of whichcommunicates with the cavity of the pipes, and within which cylinder issecured the faucet-stopper G, which is so arranged as to admit of afree-and-easy vertical movement. Within said stopper, and passingthrough the same, are apertures, d and e, which are so arranged as tocommunicate alternately with the cavity of the respective pipes as thestopper is raised or lowered. Affxed to the upper extremity of saidstopper, above the cylinder, is an arm, f, to which is attached a spiralspring, H, extending downward to or below the lower end of the cylinder,and is firmly secured to the inner side of the case, by which means thestopper is secured firmly in a closed position. Also, attached to theouter end of said arm is a rope, J which extendsupward to and around ashivewheel, K, pivoted to the inner side of the case; thence downward toor near the lower side of the case, and is connected to a treadle, L,which is pivoted to the case at or near its rear side, and extendsforward through the front walls ofthe same. Thus, as said treadle isforced downward, the stopper is raised, which brings the solid portionthereof across the cavity of pipe B, closing the same, and bringingopening e in communication with the cavity of pipe E, by which means thewater contained in thev reservoir is discharged, through said openingand pipe, into the bowl, and, as the power is removed from the treadle,the stopper is forced downward by the action of spring H, which closespipe E by the solid of the stopper, and opens pipe B, by which means thereservoir is again filled. Afxed upon the lower extremity of the bowl isan adjustable sleeve,

M, within the lower end of which is fitted the discharge-pipe N. Firmlysecured to the front side of the case is a horizontal arm,m,through theend of which the discharge-pipe N passes, ,and to whichis hinged an arm,n, through Which the lower end of sleeve M passes. Afxed to and aroundthe lower end or extremity ofthe bowl, above und resting,` upon thesleeve, is n. spiral spring, O, which is so arrnnged ns to secure saidsleeve against znm n. Firinly secured Within the sleeve is u vulve, P,which comes in Contact with and rests upon the upper end 0fdischarge-pipe N, by which means the nnter is retained Within the bow]when desired. Attached to the outer end oi" said urn] n is n rope., J,which extends upwnrd to und around a shim-wheel, KI, secured to the@over of the ense; thence downward to the trendle. Thus, as said treadleis forced downwznd, the vulve is raised from the end of thedischarge-pum, and the Water Contnined Within the bowl is dischargedtherefrom around und under the Valve through said pipe.

11 Lose Having thus described the nature and object of lnyinvention.what I claim as new, and

YVitnesses N. C, GRIDLEY, N. H. SHERBURNE.

